Mozart’s Don Giovanni will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 this Saturday at 6pm. Francesca Zambello’s production of the opera was last performed at Covent Garden in February 2012 as part of a trio of operas with librettos by Lorenzo Da Ponte.

Don Giovanni, first staged in 1787, rapidly became one of the most performed operas in Europe, and the title role has become iconic . Seductive and charming, ruthless and vengeful; Don Giovanni is a challenging role for any singer. As part of an ongoing project, photographer Sim Canetty-Clarke followed Gerald Finley backstage as he prepared to sing the role of the licentious libertine.